After 40 draws without a major Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California with all six numbers matched and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot, Authorities.
The winning numbers drawn Monday night were 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15.
Thanks to nearly four months of pointless and final ticket sales, the jackpot jumped to $ 699.8 million, making it the seventh largest in US lottery history. Nobody had won the game’s top prize since June 5th.
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This was the first jackpot to be won on a Monday evening since August 23, when the game started a third weekly drawing, officials said.
According to the California Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at a grocery store in Morro Bay on the state’s central coast and the winner can choose between a 29-year pension or a cash option of $. choose 496 million.
Lottery officials will not know the identity of the lottery winner until an application form is submitted, the California Lottery said.
Five $1 million prize tickets sold; two in Massachusetts and one in Virginia, Florida and Arizona.
The 41st drawing set a record and exceeded the previous mark of 36 drawings, which ended in January 2021. The longer the game lasts without a grand prize winner, the higher the payout.
The jackpot drought was intentional as long game odds of 292.2 million to one will generate massive prizes that will attract more players.
lottery officials have found that despite the long wait for a jackpot ticket, many people have won smaller prizes, including 2.8 million players in the Saturday draw alone. Those profits ranged from $1 million to $4,
Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., USA.Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.